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Recognised as Colour

#2EADEA

  • #2EADEA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2EADEA is a cyan with RGB values 46, 173, 234 and HSL 199°, 82%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2EADEA#2EADEA
HEX#2EADEA
RGBrgb(46, 173, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.6784, 0.9176
RGB percentages18%, 67.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(199.5, 81.7%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 80.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK80.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,059,178
CSS custom property--colour: #2EADEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#D15215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FACEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#769BE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.7Sky blue · ΔE 22.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.8Light steelblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA6B2E
Analogous#2EEAC9, #2E4FEA
Triadic#EA2EAD, #ADEA2E
Split complementary#EA2E4F, #EAC92E
Tetradic#C92EEA, #EA6B2E, #4FEA2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7F6FD
Lighter +30%#B9E4F8
Lighter +20%#8BD1F3
Lighter +10%#5CBFEF
Darker −10%#1593D0
Darker −20%#1073A2
Darker −30%#0C5273
Darker −40%#073145
More saturated +25%#19B4FF
Less saturated −25%#4BA3CD

Channel breakdown

R46
G173
B234
Red46 (18%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue199.47°
Saturation (HSL)81.74%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G AD · B EA

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